2011 Series Preview: Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals (6/2-6/5)

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 06:51:54 +0000

It used to be that the Minnesota Twins beat the Royals seemingly every time they played, those days have come to an end. After an early season split in a two game series at Target Field the Twins were promptly swept out of their last series in Kansas City, failing to score more than 3 runs in any game. Hopefully this time around the Twins can continue to hit the ball well and come out of Kansas City with nothing worse than a 4 game split. Although the Twins bats are not REALLY that hot, as they haven’t won a single game in 2011 when they have given up more than 4 runs (0-25). Oofda.

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Pond Trifecta: Joe Nathan, Prospects, and the Dirty C Word

Wally Fish — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 04:37:07 +0000

As my Saturday night is drawing to a close, I wanted to briefly touch on three different topics. Included here you will find some notes on Joe Nathan’s Twins career, some prospect rankings and a recent article from Ken Rosenthal that brings up the “C” word for some unknown reason.

Reliever #s:

Phil Mackey shared this tidbit yesterday afternoon:

1.87: Joe Nathan‘s ERA in 418 2/3 innings with the Twins since 2004. Only two other relievers had ERAs under 2.00 over that stretch — Jonathan Papelbon (1.82) and Mariano Rivera (1.90).

While he just missed the 2.00 ERA cutoff, I think we also have to bring Royals closer Joakim Soria into the discussion. (more…)

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2011 Series Preview: Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals (6/2-6/5)

Pond Trifecta: Joe Nathan, Prospects, and the Dirty C Word